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A Call to Action: Success Stories

The National Park Service turns 100 on August 25, 2016. To us, it's not about cakes and candles — it's about being an organization ready to take on the challenges of our second century. Our blueprint to get there — A Call to Action — outlines the innovative work we want to accomplish. Every partner, program, and park plays a dynamic role in realizing that vision. Take a look at what we're doing and get involved!

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Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park

The park partnered with GA State University’s Rialto Theater for an art exhibit entitled "Social Spaces in Preserved Places: A Visitors' Scrapbook of Georgia's National Parks" . The exhibit displays visitors' social media images of themselves in Georgia's 10 national park units, enjoying the parks in their own (safe) way - the very definition of "Find Your Park". Read more

Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park

The park partnered with Cobb Senior Services, with the YMCA, and with the Kennesaw Mountain Trail Club for an Active Trails grant entitled “Hiking to Health”. This program enabled local senior citizens to experience Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park through hikes on park trails and in outdoor fitness and yoga-based programs. A total of 210 senior citizens were served through this program. Read more

Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park

The park’s Centennial Junior Ranger Day targeted underserved audiences and offered the participants various activities to help them learn more about the park and its resources. A total of 80 youth participated in the event. Read more

Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park

Nine title I schools (939 students) were served through a 3-part program which included a pre-site orientation visit to the school, a fall fieldtrip to the park focusing on Civil War history, and a spring fieldtrip to the park focusing on the CCC camp and the New Deal. Read more

Gulf Islands National Seashore

Gulf Islands National Seashore and the Florida Trail Association host a public cleanup day along the Florida National Scenic Trail through the park in celebration of National Public Lands Day. Read more

Gulf Islands National Seashore

Gulf Islands National Seashore partnered with the Biloxi Shuckers minor league baseball team to create an unforgettable night for the youth in the surrounding Mississippi counties. The event was held in celebration the National Park Service Centennial, and offered non-traditional community groups the chance to engage with Gulf Islands National Seashore staff and volunteers in a familiar and enjoyable setting. Read more

Aztec Ruins National Monument

The NPS Centennial celebration at Aztec Ruins engaged our community, staff and visitors with a variety of special experiences. A range of activities drew a wide scope of interested visitors, from professional archeologists to new community members to those fulfilling a dream of "always wanted to see that". Read more

Governors Island National Monument

As his gift for the National Park Service centennial, Brent D. Glass, Director Emeritus of the Smithsonian National Museum of American History, presented a talk on August 21st at Governors Island National Monument on his most recent book: 50 GREAT AMERICAN PLACES: Essential Historic Sites Across the U.S. Read more

Gettysburg National Military Park

More than a million annual travelers who pass through Harrisburg International Airport are seeing artifacts and promotional displays for Eisenhower National Historic Site, thanks to a new collaboration between the National Park Service and Harrisburg airport officials. Read more

Gettysburg National Military Park

Gettysburg’s first exhibit of artwork focusing on Gettysburg and the American Civil War opened June 29. It features some of the most celebrated artists of the 19th and early 20th centuries – including several who served in the Civil War. Read more

Gettysburg National Military Park

The project will bring back battle era features at the center of the Union army's battle line on Cemetery Ridge, including Ziegler's grove, Ziegler's ravine, and commemorative features such as the Hancock Avenue gate and commemorative walkways. Read more